A clear picture of the upcoming electoral landscape emerged on Wednesday after the deadline for withdrawing nominations expired, revealing the final seat distributions for major political parties. While parties have yet to release official tallies, internal sources confirm that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will contest at least 285 constituencies under the “Paddy Leaf” symbol. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has fielded candidates ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to embark on a hectic two-day tour of Sylhet tonight (Wednesday) to formally begin his party’s election campaign for the 13th national parliamentary election, following the party’s long-standing tradition. “Since the election campaign is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Thursday) as per the announced timetable, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is going to launch it through ...

The interim government has formally inaugurated a digital bail bond system, known as e-bail bond, replacing the traditional bail bond submission process in a move aimed at modernising the justice system and reducing public suffering. The initiative was inaugurated on Wednesday (21 January) at a programme held at the Secretariat, with the Adviser to the Ministry of Law, Justice and ...

US president Donald Trump has doubled down on his threats to take control of Greenland, saying on social media that there is “no going back” and that “Greenland is imperative”. During a news conference at the White House, Trump was asked how far he was willing to go to acquire Greenland and replied, “You’ll find out”. Meanwhile, French president Emmanuel ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has promised to provide interest-free loans to 500,000 unemployed graduates. If it comes to power, the party says it will offer interest-free loans of Tk10,000 per month. Young people will be eligible for this facility for a maximum of two years between the completion of their studies and obtaining a job. At the same time, the party has ...

We were thrilled to welcome Mr. Dean Lee, Interim Director of International at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), to the Brit Academy London Dhaka campus. The visit focused on evaluating academic delivery, student progression, quality assurance standards, and alignment of UK-recognised pathway programmes. During the visit, it was formally confirmed that students who successfully complete the International Foundation Year at ...

You can’t get much sweeter than marmalade, and this is most likely the reason for both Dagna and her son’s success, despite their differing strategies. “The chance of mould developing is low because there’s so much sugar to balance the bitterness of the orange peel,” says Camilla Wynne, preserver and author of All That Crumbs Allow. “Mould needs water to ...

Members of Bashundhara Shuvosangho have distributed winter clothing (hoodies and blankets) among 60 underprivileged tea workers and their children from Kaliti and Gazipur tea gardens in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar to help them cope with the cold. In addition, blankets have been distributed among another 70 cold-hit people in Kulaura municipality and surrounding areas. Around 11:30am on Tuesday, the first ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday inspected the progress of the final phase work of the July Uprising Memorial Museum at the Ganabhaban, residence of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The chief adviser arrived at the museum around 3pm and went around the museum that projects the reasons behind the mass uprising and the history of Awami League’s ...

The government has launched a consultation on banning social media for under 16s in the UK as a part of a series of measures which it says are intended to “protect young people’s wellbeing.” The package will also see England’s education inspectorate, Ofsted, given the power to check policies on phone use when it goes into schools, with ministers saying ...